Improvement in land and water-velocipede



waited geleitet' DAVID J. FARMER, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA..

Letters Patentlio. 92,807, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN L AND AND WATER-VELOCIPEDE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1,-DAv1D J. FARMER, of Wheellng, in the county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improved Land and ivatenVelocipede'; and the following is a sufficiently full, clear, and exact description, to enable one skilled in the artto which my invention appertains, to carry it hito effect, reference beingv had to the accompanying drawings, which are made part Vof this specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of velooipedes, or the provision therein of certain parts, to adapt them to be readily converted for use either von land or water, said parts being adapted to be -removed, or so adjusted as to be out of the way when not required for use.

My improvements consist in a novel construction and arrangement of floats for supporting the vehicle on the water, and in the adaptationf said floats to be adjusted to support the vehicle aj greater or less height above the surface of the water as required, and to be removed when not in use; and in the employment, in combination with said arrangement of removable oats, of wheels, adapted to be converted to form draught or paddle-wheels, as required.

In the drawing, a velocipede illustrating my invention is represented as used on the water- Figure 1 being a plan View, with the seat removed, and its position indicated by dotted lines, and

Figure 2, a vertical section on the line x x, iig. 1.

' A may represent the frame or perch;

B, the seat;

.0,'t-he crank-axle;

D D, the propelling-levers;

E E, the connecting-rods, connecting the levers D and the wrists of the axle C;

F F, the rear or driving-wheels;

F, the front or steering-wheel;

G, the swivelled standard of the wheel F ;v and H, the treadles or cross-head of said standard G, all of which parts may be of any preferred suitable form and arrangement.

I.v I represent blades or wings, which-of suitable form, material, and relative sizeare applied to the driving-wheels F F, to adapt said wheels to act as propellers, said blades or wings beingswivelled -on the spokes of the wheels, as shown, or otherwise attached thereto, and in any sufiicieut number.

' J J J are oats, attached respectively at the rear andzfront ends of the frame A, to support the vehicle in the water, being of the requisite size, of any usualA or suitable material or construction, and arranged substantially as represented in fig. 1.

Said floats are attached preferably by pairs of perforated ears or flanges jj', on their upper sdesadapted to rcceivebetween them the wings or legs a a of the frame A, and a cross-bar, g, of the swivelled standard Gr, which, being correspondingly perforatedhthey are fastened to by transverse pins or keys le', passing through the peiforationsin each.

By the duplication ofthe pelforations in the ears or flanges jj, as shown at j, iig. 2, the floats are adapted to be adjusted so as to vary the height they support the vehicle at, as desired.

Said ears or fianges may be the ends of bands or ystraps passing around the floats, as Ishown, or-be attached thereto in other suitable manner.

The float J is provided with a recess or cavity, Z, for the reception of the guiding-wheel F', over which it is applied.

The vehicle provided as above described, placed in the water as represented in iig. 2, is supported bythe oats J J .By the blades or wings I, the rotation of the driving-"wheels F is madeto, propel it; and, by the movement of the treadles Hand front float, J', it is guided as readily as were it on land, which it is further adapted to run on with these provisions attached, asl indicated by the red line iu fig. 2.

By removing the floats J J', and folding the blades or wings I between the spokes of the wheels, or removing them, the Vehicle is adapted, withmiuimum bulk, for running on land.

I propose attaching the equivalent of thewings or blades I,iu the form of iiauges, to the-sides of the driving-Wheels; also, providing the front oat,J,with the same adjustment as the rear ones; also, employing, in connection with the provisions described, any suit able .operating-mechanism, and a keel at the bottom of the front oat, ora suitable rudder for steering when desired; also, arranging the rear `floats F F, outside of- -the driving-wheels, if preferred.

Having thus described my invention, the following 'is what I claim as new, and desire to secure vby Letters Patent:

1.I claim the iloats J J J', airanged substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2; I claim the Iloats J J J adapted `to be adjusted as described, for the purpose set forth.

3. I claim the float J', constructed with the cavity or recess I, as represented and described, for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with the-removable oatsJ J J', arranged as described, the combined draught and paddle-wheels F F, constructed as represented and described, for the purpose set forth.

. DAVID J. FARMER.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. FARMER, WM. H. Hons. 

